If you want to do politics in Pakistan, you have to toe the line of ISI and the establishment otherwise you would never be able to survive let alone succeed. That was so true in last decade and before too. And whenever you stop toeing that line, you either get maligned so much that you [...]
More than eight months have passed since the Pakistan People’s Party has assumed the role of ruling party and though they are enjoying full powers in every facet of the government, they have miserably failed to rectify even one thing. Their only consistent mantra is to blame the previous regime for everything. They don’t seem [...]
The truth is that the present government has given nothing but gloom, frustration and desperation to the nation so far and the uglier thing is that there is no hope left for the people. Already the air in Islamabad is polluted by the scandals of the ministers of PPP, and the reality that the government [...]
I don’t know who does this, but there is someone who comes up bright ideas every now and then in every government. Like he came up with the notion of privatizing the Pakistan Steel Mills, and now we are hearing about the selling out of Qadirpur gas field.
Pakistan has got very few, even rare organizations [...]
Balochistan is the most neglected and deprived province of Pakistan and the recent earth quake has even worsened the situation over there. Physical calamities like floods, quakes and drought coupled with the militancy factor and topped by the centuries long under-development of the area has made it a living demonstration of stone age in the [...]
President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has filled in the shoes of former General (r) Pervez Musharraf with new commitments and new pledges to the Pentagon, and this time he has got tough mandate from the masters. He not only has to follow the Musharrafian policies, he has also to give more leverage and liberty [...]
Once again there are obvious chances that the Muslim leagues will get united. The biggest obstacle in the union is the personal grudges of Sharif and Chaudhary brothers between them, but now the snow is melting pretty steadily. One such event has occurred which will go a long way to untie the factions of Muslim [...]
In order to thwart the terrorists attacks in Islamabad and in the provincial capitals upon the important government offices and embassies and other installations, it is being seriously considered that Iraq and Kabul-like green zones are to be established where entry would be restricted and scanning would be conducted on all the inlets and even [...]
The hope is losing it’s worth, and along with that everything else is. One fact remains to be admitted by the ruling elite that the country is far worse now what it was during the era of General (r) Pervez Musharraf, who still can do a lot for this country if given a chance, and [...]
It all started with a ‘No’ from now deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in front of the dictator, and all hell broke loose. The things got so much out of hand that On Nov. 3, 2007 Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf declared emergency in Pakistan and suspended the [...]
